The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-11


officer with hcr, who would see tna' a.'s nor.
,,ot ,no,cs,,cl BY any one. TIC i'q ...L;,.,,
mission f., cal, upon her ut her ;'''' ~ ,'f
n,,.,,,l WAS conllci!,sl I" grant ''' to-
INV ,,.,,,, excuse for such Il 'ol'''''a 49,,
VIII ,h,... and many smiles ana '"" : NV
parted. ,,,o ,o,. ,h,ou.! camp:
of men il. gray and huticrn".' aS s'', ,',o
r;1d,, ,lrou.!, those oi h'"i ~ p''' ~
u,rriuy. IN t!lusr, as III JUG "'',',
h,,r, ,,v songs, dance nu>'c an" '''".'n.
',,I soky ,,,,,s,,.,s of merry boys rc'!lck:"e
IN The >,,n<!,in. at games OF "''l anu o,''.
..,,or,s will, the Joyous carncst''es' ol
>'hoc, house playground. She 'fn"' o.' :"
...;, +, ,.,liz, that in in u 1c"' ''aSa thes'.
,,,,vhtle;, yuui.s would hr IL" demons "a
the battlefield. or :,
Tvs. l,.,t,,r d,,sl; she came u the top OF a
,.,x ,;.,..,,tne ridge, and saw, three h'.hs
AWAY. the light; Of MurIrccstrMo. At '''a'
mo,,r.n, Eortncr appeared, joSs='n:; '"'s''r's
toward her, mounted on a splendid morse: ,
.,,n. there's my Cousin Jim" she exclai'I!e'
! alectuily, corning TO ncct INC. S'':e''"' >
Am ,l,4u,,y obliged to you aud to your '!c'.t'n-
ant for youv company. AMI will try to ';i'o"
nv a,nr,x.iat,n IT it in the future ia sl'','
wav NOR, substantial than words. Ior ''c<*a
.t o., any further with me. ! know that
| 10th YOU anl yonr horse are very tired
Gusl.by.r .,,.
lease. which gave him an opportunity to Sct
,s,h to camp, to enjoy sono good cheer that
,.c knew was there. and bidding b:,sty good
night. hc left at a trot.
Former and Rachel rode on slowly up tho
nike. ,ravcrsng tho ground that was soon to
run rel With the blood of thousands
They tnlkc,l of tho fearful probabilities Of
the next few days, and halted for some min
utcs on the bridge across stone river, to study
the wonderfully picturesque scene spread out
before them.
Shortly after crossing the river they passed
Il large tc,lt, with a number OF others cl''s-
tered around II. All were festoonsl with
Confederate flags and brilliantly lighted. A
band came up in front Of the principal o,,:,
and played the "Bonnic Buc flag
That's ol. Gincrai E:a2s's headquarters.
said Tortner Hes fl" king h"c OF all IL,
Contc,leratc:s in these llca|l parts, an Tx
,linl; he kin hout make The >,. stand >i!ll ci
he wants tor
They ranterel cn into the town. and goinss,,
more slowly through tie great public square
ana b. more riup.ie,l streets, came 1t last to
Il modest house. standing Oh q corner. and
| nearly hidden b, vines and >htubher".
\ peculiar knock caused til. doc" 10 opc.
quickly, and before Rachel was hardly aware
OF it. She was stan!'n:: inside !, comfortable
room so well lighted that her eyes tool: some
ltilc time to get used to such Il change.
When they did ST she saw that sAc was ii.
In .1., ,.lI
whose :;.~c charmed her.
This is yer Aunt Debhy Brill" said Fort
ncr, d:y!y. who yc came so fur fur ter see,
an who's bin 'Spcctin' We quito anxously"
We're very welcome. my dear" said Aunt
Dcbl,v after II moments inspection. which.
So med t. H. entirely satisfactory. "Jest lay
off Yer things thar Gil the bed an come out
ter supper know we're sharp set. \ ri,,a
from Nashville secl, y day ez this j., ,nou,y
good ic, the appetite, an we've bod supper,
waitin yr.r
Hastily throwing off her ha, and gloves she
sat down with the res: to a homclv but excel
lent supper, which they all ate in silence.
During the neala mus ular, we'll knit man
Of 50 entered.
"A1i c'ar outside, Bill!' asked For;ncr.
"-All clar." replied the man. "l:vcryho,lys
on on high O some Kind.
Eisl sat down and ate with the rest. Entil
he satisfied his hunger. and then rising he felt
along the hcwc;! logs which fOrnc,! ,hc walls
until h" found "A splinter to serve a> Il ,,otl,.
pick. lsln:, this tor Il minute indus trious,y
I,e throw It into tho fire and asked:
"WeN?'
Wen. answered Founer Il rcv!-on L:,,
u sa''in cz ANYTHING lin we'll hc that
Whecl''rs an! Morsans cavalry l,cy ,ec,,
sn; of inter Kentucky, and c1 thc,'s what
Ole ko,y> been waitin' fur, noN's the time
fur him tar put in his hcs. licks. Nc'd better
start Mor, midnight fur Nashville Ncll hev
this news, an also thet thars been 10 chanc,
IN the location . the Couic,lera,cs 'cc,.t ,h.,f
Folk an Kirby Smiths corps are both leah
at Murircesboro. with strong brigade at
Stewarfs creek, an another at Iaycr.-ne.
Aed hotter fail in with Hoscall's rii;,ncnt.
Mm"n IL 20 ont ter l.a\crsnc tcnislt ter re.
l1ev' ono o the rijimcuis thar. IcI lytt,r
no' Try t" sit back hnah agin tell ar,cr tho
aat'i". toodhy. Go;l bless We, Miss. ,c,l
better 2h 'e" he'd now e. sooa e.: ro>sihlr' an
resi- N%:>''lt tur what's ,on...', WEN ,,,,
every nat" an gram Of uuv s.rcnc,h."
CHATTER NIN.